EVIL-MERODAC

EVIL-MERODAC

Son and successor of Nebuchadnezzar. He ascended the throne in 562 BC. and he reigned only two years.

His brother-in-law Neriglisar led a conspiracy against him, accusing him of violating the Law and being intemperate; he was sentenced to death in 560 BC; The head of said conspiracy then occupied the throne.

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